worth

worth · adjective, noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*wert-
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*werþaz“worthy, valuable”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*werþ
4. Old English · inherited fromweorþ
5. Middle English · inherited fromworth
6. English todayworth

From Middle English worth, from Old English weorþ, from Proto-West Germanic *werþ, from Proto-Germanic *werþaz (“worthy, valuable”); from Proto-Indo-European *wert-. Cognate with Scots wirth (“worth”), Cimbrian bèart (“worth, value”), Dutch waard, weerd (“worth”), German wert (“worth”) (the source of Polish wart (“worth”), Ukrainian вартість (vartistʹ, “worth, value”), etc), Luxembourgish wäert (“worth”), Yiddish ווערט (vert), ווערד (verd, “worth, value”), Danish værd (“worth”), Faroese and Icelandic verður (“worth”), Norwegian Bokmål verdt (“worth”), Norwegian Nynorsk verd (“worth”), Swedish värd (“worth”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸 (wairþ, “worth, value”), Welsh gwerth (“worth, value”).

worth · verb²

1. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*wert-“to turn; turn out”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*werþaną“to come about; happen; come into being; become”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*werþan
4. Old English · inherited fromweorþan“to come into being; be made; become; arise; be”
5. Middle English · inherited fromworthen
6. English todayworth

From Middle English worthen, wurthen, werthen (“to be; exist; come into being; come into existence”), from Old English weorþan (“to come into being; be made; become; arise; be”), from Proto-West Germanic *werþan, from Proto-Germanic *werþaną (“to come about; happen; come into being; become”), from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn; turn out”). Cognate with Dutch worden, dated Low German warrn, German werden, Old Norse verða (Norwegian verta, Swedish varda), Latin vertere.

Worth · proper noun³

1. Old English · derived fromworþ“enclosure”
2. English todayWorth

From Old English worþ (“enclosure”)

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